Kraftwerk's Dinger Dead

By Jonathan Cohen
NEW YORK (Billboard) - German musician Klaus Dinger, who played drums in the early days of Kraftwerk and went on to co-found Neu!, died March 21 of heart failure. He was 61. The news was not widely publicized until Neu!'s label, Gronland, announced it Wednesday.
Dinger and guitarist Michael Rother played with Kraftwerk in the early 1970s before opting to leave and form Neu! The group released three albums in rapid succession: a self-titled effort in 1972, "Neu! 2" the following year and "Neu! '75" in 1975.
Although the albums were not legally available on CD in the United States until 2001, the precise rhythms and pre-punk minimalism conjured by Dinger and Rother were a major influence on countless acts, from Sonic Youth to Tortoise and Stereolab.
Neu! disbanded after "Neu '75" but returned to the studio in 1985-86 to record new music. Material from these sessions was finally released in 1995 as "Neu! 4," although a Rother confidant later said it was only done to counter rampant bootlegging.
After Neu!, Dinger went on to form La Dusseldorf, which achieved international stardom with singles such as "Silver Cloud" and "Rheinita."
"Together with many friends of his music I will remember Klaus for his creativity as an artist and I will think about him with gratitude for his wonderful contributions to our project Neu!," Rother said in a statement.
Reuters/Billboard

Doomed I Tell You Doomed!

Doomed I Tell You Doomed!
Society in modern America frightens me. It frightens me that in this day and age someone can be denied access to this country for moral turpitude. Moral Turpitude! Who lodged these charges? Mary Baker Eddy? When was the last time some one was charged with moral turpitude? We are going to hell! The signs are appearing! Madonna is in the rock and roll hall of fame! Who’s next Cher? I’m sure Madonna is a very nice lady but lets face it rock and roll she is not. She may possibly roll but certainly doesn’t rock. I blame this all on Nancy Reagan. The bitch got the whole thing started. Her war on fun is being fully waged now. We are under attack. The Morally Correct are taking over the world. The only good thing I can say about Madonna being inducted into the hall of fame is at least she has no morals and if she does she certainly doesn’t flaunt them. Don’t get me wrong our society has sluts but they are all vapid sluts. Brittany Spears doesn’t have an intellectual thought in her head. She goes shopping and out for big gulps. Paris Hilton should be voted into the vapid hall of fame along with all her fans. Fans of what exactly I don’t know. Did you hear any of her CD? I have to admit I did give 3 tracks about 15 seconds each. The dumbing down and moral correctness is undermining our society. Where is Mimi Farina when we need her? What’s going on in our society is bullshit. Barak Obama smoked pot. Come on, he grew up in the 70’s and was in college in the eighties, who didn’t smoke pot? Even christians smoked pot! If you didn’t you were suspect. Thank goodness for people like Barney Frank. He has been trying to decriminalize marijuana for years. SICK PEOPLE NEED IT. Stoners don’t go out and get into high speed car wrecks; drunks do. Stoners can’t find their keys.
Sebastian Horsley can’t come into this country because he admitted to having been arrested and using drugs. Boy George seems to have no problem crossing borders. Where is the justice in that? Amy Winehouse is the junkie du jour. Perhaps it is England causing all our problems. It must be a plot of Prince Philip’s. Is he hatching another evil plan in a tower of Balmoral? Is this all in retribution for 1776? It would explain George Michael’s latest tour.
We are doomed I tell you doomed! People don’t play guitars anymore they play a computer game about playing guitars! We are turning into mindless spineless jelly. How much longer until evolution evolves us back to a protoplasm? Is it our future to exist as mere electrical impulses in ectoplasm? Are we to become cognisant aspic? What does Lee Ron Hubbard have to say? Some one summon Sacred Leader Cruise for advice.

Poor Pamela Anderson

It is official Pamela Anderson is single again! She and husband du jour are calling it quits. They are asking for an anullment! Does this mean she will take up with Tommy again? Isn't that what she usually does? Poor vapid thing!

It seems her marriage was a fraud! The soon to be ex was once married to Shannon Doherty. That's a man with good taste No?

Call the Morals Police! STAT!

By JILL LAWLESS, Associated Press Writer Fri Mar 21, 7:57 AM ET
LONDON - British writer and self-styled dandy Sebastian Horsley was denied entry to the United States after arriving to promote his memoir of sex, drugs and flamboyant fashion.
Horsley said he was questioned for eight hours Tuesday by border officials at Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey before being denied entry on grounds of "moral turpitude."
The 45-year-old author was traveling to New York for the U.S. launch of "Dandy in the Underworld," his account of a life dedicated to sex, drugs and finely tailored clothes.
"I was dressed flamboyantly — top hat, long velvet coat, gloves," Horsley said. "My one concession to American sensibilities was to remove my nail polish. I thought that would get me through."
According to Lucille Cirillo, a spokeswoman for U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Horsley was traveling under the CBP's visa waiver program, which entitles citizens of some countries — mostly in the European Union — to enter the United States for business or leisure without applying for a visa. Travelers can be refused entry if they admit on a customs form to being convicted of a crime or to being addicted to narcotics, Cirillo said.
She declined to specify what responses Horsley listed on the form.
"We interviewed the individual extensively and the CBP officers decided he was not admissible under the visa waiver program," she said.
Horsley can still apply for a visa to return to the United States, Cirillo said.
"They knew more about me than I did," Horsley said Thursday in an interview from his London home. "They said, 'We know you're a heroin addict, we know you're a crack addict, we know you're involved in prostitution.'"
Horsley's book — billed as an "unauthorized autobiography" — vividly recounts years of heavy drug use and frequent visits to prostitutes. He says he has been drug-free for three years.
He said his only conviction stemmed from an arrest 25 years ago for possession of amphetamine sulfate, for which he was given a conditional discharge. He said he has visited the United States seven or eight times without incident.
"Dandy in the Underworld" was released in Britain last year to good reviews. Carrie Kania, of the book's U.S. publisher Harper Perennial, an imprint of HarperCollins, said the book was "a cautionary tale of a life lived vividly."
"It is unfortunate that his voice, in person, is being stifled. But the book will live on," Kania said.
Horsley achieved his greatest notoriety in 2000 when he had himself crucified in the Philippines as part of an art project

From Found Magazine

From Found Magazine

Found Magazine

I am a huge fan of found magazine. It is truly one of the funniest magazines. They also have a website www.foundmagazine.com I highly recommend checking it out. It never ceases to crack me up. There are compilaton books available as well. In one of the books is a found piece that used to hang in the bathroom of my old apartment. My old room mate Paul had found it as well as the person who submitted it to the magazine. It is a flier for a "Legendary Teenage Drummer". It is hilarious!